DANCE Platform version 3
In this webpage you can find instructions necessary to download, install and run the DANCE software platform Version 3. The platform is based on EyesWeb XMI (http://www.infomus.org/eyesweb_eng.php), allowing users to perform synchronized recording, playback, and analysis of a multimodal stream of data. Details about the platform architecture and data stream formats are provided in Deliverable 4.3.
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Installation
To install the platform, please follow these steps:
- download and install the EyesWeb XMI 5.7.2.0 application (first link above)
- run the exe file and execute the installer to install EyesWeb XMI 5.7.2.0
- download and install the movement quality extraction patch (second link above)
- run the exe file and execute the installer; to execute it, a valid EyesWeb 5.7.2.0 installation must be already present in your system (see the previous step)
- the installer will create a link on your desktop named "Movement Features Extraction"
- download and unzip the sonification patch (third link above)
- unzip the archive in a user folder (e.g., Documents or Desktop folder), then you can delete the archive
To run the platform, please follow these steps:
- run the sonification patch by opening the user folder in which you have unzipped the sonification patch (e.g., inside the Documents or Desktop folder) and executing the file named "sonification_patch"
- run the movement quality extraction patch by double clicking the desktop link previously created on your desktop by the movement quality extraction patch installer, named "Movement Features Extraction"
After a few seconds, you will see the movement quality extraction patch interface, showed in Figure 4. The interfaces is provided with some pre-recorded sensor data of a dancer displaying the Light and Fragile movement qualities. By pressing the "Previous trial" and "Next trial" buttons you can select the movement quality. The "Play" button starts the playback and movement quality extraction process. The movement qualities extracted from the dancer's movement are sent to the sonification patch in real-time and the corresponding sonification is generated.
